Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,823 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Homer Plessy tomb plaque, New Orleans
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(1896) Plessy v. Ferguson
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Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. (1922-2000)
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George W. McLaurin (1887-1968)
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Charles V. Johnson (1928- )

Explore Global African History

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Conakry, Guinea (1884- )
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David Wabeladio Payi (1957-2013)
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The Mozambican Civil War (1977-1992)
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Paramaribo, Suriname (1630- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Africa in 1595 as known to Italian explorers and cartographers
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Africa and Africans in the Imagination of Renaissance Italians (1450-1630)
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Dr. Cornelius Golightly (1917-1976): The Life of an Academic and Public Intellectual
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Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Oregon, 1912-1936
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Searching for John Grider, an African American Bear Flag Veteran

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington